Military Aviation Photography and Spotting
Marine Corps Air Station Yuma. It is the home of multiple squadrons of the F-35B Lightning IIs of the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Adversary Squadron VMFT-401, 4th Marine Airwing and the Marine Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron VMX-1. Our trip in November got us into a WTI ( Weapon Training Instructor) exercise. F-35B Actions Read More …
1st Saturday of the month ( 2018-3-3 ) which also means Drill weekend for our local 301stFW “Spads” .. Spads did not fly on this Sat and our attention was sway towards Ft Worth Alliance Airport ( KAFW) which presented us with 6 VMFT-401 Snipers F-5n Marine Adversary Squadrons. This is the 3rd time I Read More …
VMFT-401 ” Snipers” is the Marine Corps only “Adversary or Aggressor ” Squadron in service. Currently located at MCAS Yuma AZ. This small unit flies the Northrop F-5n Tiger II with aircraft painted in the Eastern Bloc type adversarial Camouflage pattern. Most of these F-5n were ex-Swiss Air Force aircraft and the reason for choosing Read More …